NEW RECORD FROM FESTIVAL AMBIENT KINGPINS TEENGIRL FANTASY. WENT ON TOUR WITH THESE NUTTERS IN 2K9 AND IT WAS A REAL WILD TIME NO DOUBT! THIS NEW ONE RAISES THE STAKES AND TAKES YOU ON A RIDE THRU DANCE MUSIC PAST AND PRESENT IN A WAY THAT FEELS GREAT.

THE LAST TWO TRACKS ON THIS RECORD ELEVATE THINGS TO BASEMENT JAXX LEVELS OF POP DANCE BEAUTY, EVEN ENLISTING THE LEGENDARY ROMANTHONY ON “DO IT”. WE ARE TALKING THEE ROMANTHONY HERE PEOPLE!

TEENGIRL FANTASY: COMING TO A FIELD IN EUROPE NEAR YOU.
JUICEBOY APPROVED DANCE MUSIC FOR 2K12.

LISTEN TO IT RIGHT HERE AT NPR.

BONUS: CHECK OUT THE REMIX TEENGIRL FANTASY DID OF MY TRACK WITH DRE SKULL “CENTER STAGE” ON MY MIXTAPE “THUNDER ZONE VOLUME ONE” RIGHT HERE.

NEW (OLD) STYLES FROM THE MAN BEHIND THE THUNDER ZONE ENT. LOGO, THE ONE AND ONLY ZANE REYNOLDS AKA SFV ACID. HIS NEW RECORD ON PPM IS SOME OF HIS EARLIEST RECORDED WORK MADE YEARS AGO AS AN UNDERAGE KID JUST FUCKING EXPLORING THE GAME.

TEENAGE BEDROOM ACID FROM DEEP IN THE VALLEY. SICK HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE WITH AN EAR FOR MELODY. WHATEVER YOU WANNA SAY MAN, THIS SHIT WILL BE TREASURED FOR YEARS TO COME. SOMETHING SLIGHTLY TWEAKED AND HARD TO PLACE, A CERTAIN FEELING: THIS IS SFV ACID IN A NUTSHELL.

ALSO MAN DO NOT SLEEP ON ZANE’S ARTWORK. ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

From Jack to Juke: 25 Years of Ghetto House from Sonali Aggarwal on Vimeo.

CHICAGO IS THE HOME OF A LOT OF GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC. JUKE IS JUST THE NEXT TRANSFORMATION IN A CONTINUUM THAT STARTED A LONG TIME AGO AND KEEPS MOVING INTO THE FUTURE. THIS DOC TOUCHES ON SOME SHIT AND IS WORTH WATCHING IF YOU WANNA KNOW WASSUP OR EVEN IF YOU ALREADY KNOW WASSUP.

THIS SHIT IS THE FOUNDATION. I REMEMBER ROLLING INTO CHICAGO AS A TEENAGER LISTENING TO POWER 92 JUST FUCKING LOVING LIFE! FROM JACK TO JUKE – THE SAGA CONTINUES.

A LITTLE WHILE AGO DJ DODGER STADIUM DROPPED THEIR DEBUT EP ON NEW LABEL BODY HIGH AND IT BANGS REALLY HARD. COMPRISED OF SAMO SOUND BOY AND JEROME POTTER FROM THE LOL BOYS, DJ DODGER STADIUM SYNTHESIZES THE BEST OF NO-FRILLS LATIN/CHICAGO/GHETTO/HARD HOUSE AND KEEPS IT MOVING INTO THE FUTURE.

TRAXXY AS FUCK IN THE BEST WAY AND DID I MENTION BANGIN’? REMINDS ME OF LISTENING TO MIX SHOWS ON B96 IN CHICAGO WHEN I WAS A KID VISITING FROM MILWAUKEE. REMINDS ME OF BUYING DANCE MANIA 12 INCHES IN THE DOLLAR BINS OF RECORD STORES THAT DIDN’T HAVE A CLUE. SOMEBODY BETTER GET IN A TIME MACHINE AND GIVE THIS RECORD TO BAD BOY BILL IN THE 90′S. “BANGING THE BOX” STYLE. SICK STYLE.

RECOMMENDED DANCE MUSIC.

“GO TO THE CLUB ALONE” IS A DJ MIX I MADE A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT I HAVE BEEN SITTING ON UNTIL NOW. UPTEMPO MUSIC TRYING TO TELL A LIL’ STORY ABOUT HEADING EAST AND WEST FROM THE HEARTLAND IN SEARCH OF SOMETHING. NOTHING REALLY TOO OBSCURE OR NEW OR OLD OR COOL OR UNCOOL AND A LITTLE BIT BLOWN OUT. MAYBE SOME SICK “BLENDS” I DON’T FUCKING KNOW. THIS THING IS REALLY LONG AND YOU KNOW IT ALWAYS RULES WHEN DJS TALK ABOUT “TAKING YOU ON A JOURNEY” BUT WHAT ELSE CAN ANYONE REALLY SAY? THIS MUSIC SHIT IS A JOURNEY PEOPLE.

DON’T BE AFRAID, GO TO THE CLUB ALONE.

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THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT TIMES ARE TOUGH RIGHT NOW IN THE HEARTLAND AND DETROIT HAS BEEN HIT HARD, BUT THE MOTOR CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MUSIC TOWN AND DESPITE SETBACKS CONTINUES TO INNOVATE. FOR THE SECOND INSTALLMENT IN THEIR ALREADY EXCELLENT “REAL SCENES” SERIES, THE WEBSITE RESIDENT ADVISOR TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE DETROIT ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCENE.

FILLED WITH A LOT OF IMPORTANT INTERVIEWS AND INSPIRING LANDSCAPE SHOTS, THIS THING IS A BOTH A GOOD PARTIAL HISTORY AND STRONG DOCUMENT OF THE PRESENT. SO MUCH AMAZING AMERICAN MUSIC HAS BEEN MADE IN DETROIT AND I’M GLAD TO SEE THAT DESPITE HARD TIMES THERE ARE KIDS KEEPING THAT TRADITION ALIVE. THE MUSIC WORK THAT MIKE HUCKABY IS DOING AT YOUTHVILLE IS INSPIRING TO SAY THE LEAST. MUSIC IS A FORCE THAT CAN CUT THROUGH THE DARKNESS, THINGS ARE FUCKED UP BUT IN PLACES LIKE DETROIT THERE IS A STRONG SPIRIT THAT REFUSES TO DIE.

SFV ACID IS ONE OF THE SICKEST IN LA, NO QUESTION. CREATIVE ACID VIBES – SWAGGED OUT AND AT TIMES XPERI-MENTAL. THIS GUY KNOWS HIS ROOTS BUT HAS AN EYE FOR THE FUTURE. WHEN I RAN INTO HIM IN LINE AT AN OMAR S SHOW IT WAS THEN THAT I KNEW HE WASN’T FUCKING AROUND. SFV ACID IS HOLDING IT DOWN 4 THE LEFT COAST. CHECK OUT SOUNDS @ THE DOT COM.

B96 1992 — i call these “special vibes” … i can’t explain certain things.

REALLY VIBING ON THIS TRACK. MERGING CLASSY AND TRASHY IN A WAY THAT FEELS LIKE NO RULES TO ME. LOVE THE HARDSTYLE KICKS. CAN’T WAIT TO RAGE TO THIS ONE AT A RAVE IN THE WOODS. A GOOD SIGN 4 2K11.

A COUPLE YEARS AGO I MADE A DANCE MUSIC DJ MIX USING ALL VINYL RECORDS FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION. A LOT OF B-BOY HOUSE, PRIVATE PRESS BASS, EARLY BMORE, CHICAGO STYLE JACKERS AND BOOTY/GHETTOTECH IN THE MIX. MOST OF THESE RECORDS WERE ACQUIRED IN CHEAPO OR DOLLAR BIN SECTIONS OF RECORD STORES OR THRIFT SHOPS. GROWING UP NEAR CHICAGO HAS ITS BENEFITS. I’M PRETTY SURE MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE TRACKS ON THIS MIX WERE MADE IN BETWEEN 1987 AND 1997 AND LISTENING BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, IT IS SOUNDING DAMN GOOD. SOME OBSCURE STUFF, SOME MEGA HITS AND SOME THINGS IN BETWEEN PLUS LOTS OF STUPID DJ EFX THAT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA BACK THEN AND STILL DO NOW SOMETIMES. A LOT OF THESE RECORDS ARE PART OF THE CORE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE JUICEBOXXX AND DRE SKULL TRILOGY OF DANCE MUSIC 12″S. REMEMBER WHEN FUN REALLY WAS FUN? FREE DOWNLOAD BELOW. I STILL DJ OUT ON OCCASION AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR BOOKINGS. NO TRACKLISTING AVAILABLE.

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